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The First Birth Control Clinics in America and England
Overview
Primarily through the efforts of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) in America and Marie Stopes (1880-1958) in England, deliberate family plann...
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Margaret Louisa Higgins Sanger
1879-1966
American Nurse and Birth Control Advocate
Margaret Sanger was an early champion in the struggle for women to gain control of their own reproductive systems. Sh...
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Sanger, Margaret
Margaret Sanger (1879&#x2013;1966), born in Corning, New York on September 14, was an internationally renowned leader in the movement to secure reproductive rights for women. Founder ...
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Margaret Sanger
Born September 14, 1879 (Corning, New York)Died September 6, 1966 (Tucson, Arizona)
Advocate
Outspoken in her defense of women&#x0027;s rights to control their reproductive lives, Marg...
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The pioneering work of Margaret Higgins Sanger (1884-1966), American crusader for scientific contraception, family planning, and population control, made her a world-renowned figure.Margaret Higgins w...
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Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in America, spearheaded the birth control movement, and founded both organizations that later merged to form the Planned Parenthood Federation of ...
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Margaret Sanger was a pioneering feminist who advocated the right of women to control their bodies sexually and reproductively. She educated women about contraception and worked tirelessly for its leg...
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Essays & Analysis (2)

Margaret Sanger's Battle for Birth Control
In the second half of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, diverse groups emerged to try to restore American "social purity...
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Across the period of one's life, decisions are made, consequences are endured, and rewards are accepted. In most instances, one does not think before they act on possible actions or decisions; how...
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